Seat for piano-stools.



No. 779,851. PATENTED JAN. l0, 1905.

F. P. H0 MAN.

SEAT POR P N0 STOOLS. APPLICATION :FILED .TUNE 2o, 1904.

` @ff ff/Q6 gg UNITED STATES Patented January 10, 1905.

PATENT OEEICE.

FRANK P. HOLTZMAN, OF MARION TOWNSHIP', FRANKLIN COUNTY, OHIO, ASSIGNORTO THE HENRY HOLTZMAN & SONS COMPANY, OF COLUM- BUS, OHIO, A CORPORATIONOHIO.

SEAT FOR PIANO-STOOLS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No.779,851, dated January 10, 1905. l

Y Application led June 2Ol 1904. Serial No. 213,292.

T a/ZZ whom it nifty concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK P. HOLTZMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing in Marion township, in the county of Franklin and State l ofOhio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seats forPiano-Stools; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to IO which it appertains to make and use the same.

The special object of this invention is to provide an improvedconstruction of seat for piano-stools.

The invention consists in the construction I5 hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view of the upper side ofthe seat. Fig. 2 is a view of the under side.V Fig. 3 is a diametricalsectional view on a larger scale.

The frame or foundation of the seat is made up of four quadrants of woodglued together at their ends in the form of a ring 1. This ring isrounded olf on its upper side so as to slope convexedly downward inopposite directions from a line running centrally around the upper side.The outward slope of the upper side of the ring is indicated at la andthe inward slope at 1b. The seat proper, 2, is indicated to be madeofthree thin circular veneers of wood glued together and pressed intosubstantially the form shown-that is, with a slightly-dished centralportion that blends into a rounded marginal portion 2, fitting and gluedtightly to the outward-sloping portion 1a of the upper side of thefoundation l.

The purpose of this particular construction of veneer seat is economyand the provision of elasticity,7 with security from separation orrupturing of the joints. `The central portion of the seat proper sagsslightly under the weight of a person; but the slope 1b of the innerupper side of the ring-like frame prevents depression to such an extentas to endanger the integrity of the marginal joint or gluing at theslope l, The curved character of the slope 1b also aids in preventingrupturing.

The seat not only possesses the quality of being sensibly elastic, butit can be manufactured at far less cost than the upholstered seat incommon use.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

In a seat for a piano-stool or the like,the combination of a circularfoundation or framehaving its upper side formed annularly with aninwardly and downwardly sloping surface, 1b, and the annular curvedoutwardly and downwardly sloping surface, l, and a circular seat portionproper of inherently-elastic veneer having its central portion dished orconcaved downwardly and its margin conveXed downwardly and fitting uponand secured to the sloping surface l only of the frame, whereby theinner annular surface 1h constitutes an abutment'and support for thecentral portion of the seat when depressed by a superimposed weight,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FRANK P. HOLTZMAN.

Witnesses:

C. J. HUTsoN, GEORGE M. FINGKEL.

